Abstract: The application relates to a process for drying a composition comprising an alkali metal salt of a compound of general formula (I) R1R2N—CHR3—COOM or formula (II) R1R2N—CHR3CHR3—COOM, in particular N,N-dimethyl glycinate salt, and the use thereof.

Abstract: An aqueous fabric softener composition comprising from 0.01 to 10.0 wt. % of at least one fragrance fixative comprising at least one carbohydrate ester; from 0.01 to 10 wt. % of at least one fragrance; from 1.0 to 50.0 wt. % of at least one cationic surfactant; at least 45.0 wt. % of water; wherein the fragrance fixative is characterized by a cLogP value of equal to or greater than 1.5 and a boiling point from 200° C. to 350° C.; and wherein the carbohydrate ester comprises at least one ester group of formula —O—(C?O)—R1 wherein R1 is selected from C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkoxy groups; and whereby the weight percentages are expressed relative to the total weight of the composition (C).

Abstract: The invention is a herbicidal composition containing an alkanolamine salt of an dicamba capable of remaining as a single phase liquid over a period of at least 1 week and containing low amounts of water and high loadings of the salt. Such herbicidal compositions are capable of remaining liquid in the absence of high amounts of water, thereby enhancing their capacity to remain liquid over an extended period of time when exposed to environmental conditions to improve their effectiveness to transport the active salt through a leafy substrate and can reduce transportation costs by increasing the salt loading without compromising the stability of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the treatment of poultry or pigs, including non-therapeutic treatment of poultry or pigs. The treatment comprises orally administering at least one cellulose ester polymer to poultry or pigs in an amount between 0.1 and 10 kg/ton of dry weight of a feed, wherein more than 50% moles of recurring units of the (CE) polymer are recurring units (RCE) of formula (I) as shown below: wherein each of R, equal to or different from each other, is H or an acyl group of general formula —(C?O)—R1 wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and wherein the (CE) polymer has a total acyl group content [TAG content, herein after] of at least 5 weight percent (wt. %), relative to the total weight of the (CE) polymer.

Abstract: The invention provides branched trialkylamine oxides with improved properties. The trialkylamine oxides of the invention produced from branched trialkylamines, in one embodiment, can be made using certain branched C10-12 enals and aldehydes. The invention also provides an trialkylamine oxide having the formula: wherein R5, R6 and R7 are independently at least one of C3H7, C2H5, CH3, or H, or mixtures thereof; and wherein R5 and R6 are not H at the same time. In one embodiment, the trialkylamine oxides of the invention can be useful in making various products, for example, as surfactants.

Abstract: Method of purifying an alkali metal salt of a compound of the general Formula (I) or Formula (II) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently H, an alkyl, an alkenyl, or a hydroxyalkyl radical containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; or wherein R1 and R2 form jointly together with the N atom a heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring; said method comprising providing a mixture comprising said, an alkali metal hydroxide and water, and subjecting the mixture to a step (X): (X) reducing the quantity of removing said alkali metal hydroxide from the mixture; wherein (A) said alkali metal hydroxide is reduced by subjecting said mixture to electrodialysis; and/or (B) said alkali metal hydroxide is reduced by adding an acid to said mixture.

Abstract: The application relates to a process for drying a composition comprising an alkali metal salt of a compound of general formula (I) R1R2N—CHR3—COOM or formula (II) R1R2N—CHR3CHR3—COOM, in particular N,N-dimethyl glycinate salt, and the use thereof.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-(dialkylaminoalkyl)-carbamic acid esters, in particular (propyl N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] carbamate) comprising an oxidative carbonylation reaction of a compound of general structure (II) wherein each of R1 and R2, equal to or different from each other, are independently selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen atom, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; R3 is selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 36 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen atom, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; each of R?, R? and R4, equal to or different from each other, are independently selected from H, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen atom, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; and n is an integer in the range from 1 to 8, with a hydroxyl compound of general formula (III), R3—OH (III) and in the presence of a catalyst system.

Abstract: Processes and systems for producing N-vinyl carboxylic acid amides are provided herein. According to some aspects of the present invention, a process for producing an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide is described that eliminates interim solids handling steps during formation of the intermediate compounds, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing cost. The processes and system described herein may be used for the synthesis of N-vinylformamide and its intermediates, including 1-hydroxyethylformamide and 1-alkoxyethylformamide, or for the synthesis of N-methyl,N-vinylformamide and its intermediates, including N-methyl,1-hydroxyethylformamide and N-methyl,1alkoxyethylformamide.

Abstract: The surfactants which can be produced from the trialkylamine intermediates include the quaternary ammonium compounds of formula:

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for performing a reductive amination of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, in the presence of hydrogen, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a catalyst, wherein the presence of the nitrogen-containing compound, expressed in a molar ratio relative to the first functional group in the organic feed substrate, at least during the reaction as long as the conversion of the organic feed substrate has not yet reached 80%, is maintained below a level of 1.3. Further disclosed is a composition of the invention comprising at least 98.0% wt of 2-chloro-benzyl-dimethylamine, at most 0.60% wt of the meso-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and at least 1 ppm wt of the (+/?)-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and any use therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for performing a reductive amination of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, in the presence of hydrogen, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a catalyst, wherein the presence of the nitrogen-containing compound, expressed in a molar ratio relative to the first functional group in the organic feed substrate, at least during the reaction as long as the conversion of the organic feed substrate has not yet reached 80%, is maintained below a level of 1.3. Further disclosed is a composition of the invention comprising at least 98.0% wt of 2-chloro-benzyl-dimethylamine, at most 0.60% wt of the meso-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and at least 1 ppm wt of the (+/?)-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and any use therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for performing a reductive amination of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, in the presence of hydrogen, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a catalyst, wherein the presence of the nitrogen-containing compound, expressed in a molar ratio relative to the first functional group in the organic feed substrate, at least during the reaction as long as the conversion of the organic feed substrate has not yet reached 80%, is maintained below a level of 1.3. Further disclosed is a composition of the invention comprising at least 98.0% wt of 2-chloro-benzyl-dimethylamine, at most 0.60% wt of the meso-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and at least 1 ppm wt of the (+/?)-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and any use therefor.

Abstract: The invention provides branched trialkylamine oxides with improved properties. The trialkylamine oxides of the invention produced from branched trialkylamines, in one embodiment, can be made using certain branched C10-12 enals and aldehydes. The invention also provides an trialkylamine oxide having the formula: wherein R5, R6 and R7 are independently at least one of C3H7, C2H5, CH3, or H, or mixtures thereof; and wherein R5 and R6 are not H at the same time. In one embodiment, the trialkylamine oxides of the invention can be useful in making various products, for example, as surfactants.

Abstract: The invention provides branched hydrophobes for the production of surfactants with improved properties over linear hydrophobes. The invention also provides branched C10-12 enals and aldehydes that are oxidized to branched fatty acids or hydrogenated to branched fatty alcohols and further derivatized to surfactants, through ethoxylation or esterification and other or subsequent reactions. The invention further provides surfactants made from the branched trialkylamine intermediates, including amphoteric, cationic and nonionic surfactants.

Abstract: The invention provides branched hydrophobes for the production of surfactants with improved properties over linear hydrophobes. The invention also provides branched C10-12 enals and aldehydes. The invention additionally provides branched C10-12 enals and aldehydes that are oxidized to branched fatty acids or hydrogenated to branched fatty alcohols and further derivatized to surfactants, through ethoxylation or esterification and other or subsequent reactions. The enals and aldehydes are useful in making branched trialkylamine intermediates useful in making certain surfactants, including amphoteric, cationic and nonionic surfactants. The surfactants which can be produced from the trialkylamine intermediates include the quaternary ammonium compounds of the invention. The quaternary ammonium compounds of the invention are also useful in making the branched enals and/or aldehydes useful in the invention.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-(dialkylaminoalkyl)-carbamic acid esters, in particular (propyl N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] carbamate) comprising an oxidative carbonylation reaction of a compound of general structure (II) wherein each of R1 and R2, equal to or different from each other, are independently selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen atom, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; R3 is selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 36 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen atom, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; each of R?, R? and R4, equal to or different from each other, are independently selected from H, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by at least one halogen atom, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; and n is an integer in the range from 1 to 8, with a hydroxyl compound of general formula (III), R3—OH (III) and in the presence of a catalyst system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for performing a chemical reaction selected from reductive amination and hydrogenation of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, wherein the halogen atom is selected from the list consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, and combinations thereof, in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising at least one metal from the list of Pd, Rh, and Ru, together with at least a second metal from the list consisting of Ag, Ni, Co, Sn, Cu and Au. The process is preferably applied for the reductive amination of 2-chloro-benzaldehyde to form 2-chloro-benzyldimethylamine, as an intermediate in the production of agrochemically active compounds and microbiocides of the methoximinophenylglyoxylic ester series.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for performing a reductive amination of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, wherein the halogen atom is selected from the list consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, and combinations thereof, in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising at least one metal from the list of Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir, and Ru, and in absence of any catalytic amount of any second metal from the list consisting of Ag, Ni, Co, Sn, Bi, Cu, Au, and combinations thereof. The process is preferably applied for the reductive amination of 2-chloro-benzaldehyde to form 2-chloro-benzyldimethylamine, as an intermediate in the production of active agrochemical compounds and microbicides of the methoximinophenylglyoxylic ester series.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for performing a chemical reaction selected from reductive amination and hydrogenation of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, wherein the halogen atom is selected from the list consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, and combinations thereof, in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising at least one metal from the list of Pd, Rh, and Ru, together with at least a second metal from the list consisting of Ag, Ni, Co, Sn, Cu and Au. The process is preferably applied for the reductive amination of 2-chloro-benzaldehyde to form 2-chloro-benzyldimethylamine, as an intermediate in the production of agrochemically active compounds and microbiocides of the methoximinophenylglyoxylic ester series.